January 4th, 2009 - Welcome To The Jungle is at #1 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" countdown.

January 7th, 2009 - Chinese Democracy has officially sold more than 500,000 copies in the USA.

January 11th, 2009 - During his acceptance speech for winning the Golden Globe award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama category, Mickey Rourke thanked Axl for letting them use Sweet Child O' Mine for free in the movie (The Wrestler).

February 14th, 2009 - Axl is on the cover of Billboard magazine with the headline "Axl speaks".

March 21st, 2009 - It's announced that guitarist and songwriter DJ Ashba has joined the band for an upcoming tour.

April 14th, 2009 - Chinese Democracy is released for the Rock Band video game.

June 12th, 2009 - Bumblefoot plays his first of 14 scheduled shows as guitarist for Lita Ford's band.

August 1st, 2009 - Dizzy Reed & Friends play their first of four August shows at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, CA.

December 11th, 2009 - GN'R plays the first show of their Asian tour in Taipei, Taiwan at the Taipei City Stadium. It's the only outdoor show on the leg of the tour. It's also the first show in Taiwan and DJ Ashba's first show with the band.

December 13th, 2009 - First GN'R show in Seoul, South Korea at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Arena.

December 16th, 2009 - First of two shows in Japan at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. It's the longest show on the tour so far.

December 19th, 2009 - The longest show in GN'R history so far takes place at the legendary Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.